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CBD: Hazy Regulations, Huge Rewards Lure Entrepreneurs

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Federal Regulators Are Blocking the Cannabis Boom but Congress Keeps Them In the WayThe Federal Reserve and FDA want Congress to clarify how to regulate a product that, strictly speaking, is prohibited.

				Alex Somjen
			
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Federal Cannabis Prohibition Got a Lot Weaker in 2018Prohibition has inertia but no momentum.

				Peter Page
			
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Here's Why the DEA Re-Scheduling Just One Cannabis-Based Drug Is a Very Big DealFor decades DEA has insisted marijuana has no legitimate use, even as it made research into medical marijuana nearly impossible. That contradiction is coming to an end.

				Evan Eneman and Javier Hasse
			
					|			4 min read
			
The DEA Actually Didn't Reschedule CBD: Industry Insiders Explain What Epidiolex's Reclassification Really MeansFor decades the DEA has insisted nothing derived from cannabis has any legitimate use. Epidiolex is the first exemption that many believe will lead to a new rule.

				Javier Hasse
			
					|			5 min read

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